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Social Security Death Index Records – Abstracted Social Security Information
Similar to Book Indices in libraries, Social Security Death Index Records
(or SSDI records) are “abbreviated” information about somebody’s social security
information. In particular, these are indices of social security records of
people who have died and had a social security number.
As is commonly known, anyone who is authorized for employment in the United
States should be assigned a social security number. Having social security
entitles the employee to several “perks” which cover retirement, health and
disability and/or death benefits. In a manner of speaking, social security is a
form of protection or insurance for the family.
A “by-product” of having social security is that information is updated and as
such can be a valuable resource of information for various purposes. Today, the
SSDI contains basic information like a person’s name, social security number,
birth information, death information, and zip code information (last address and
address where the death benefit is being sent).
SSDI Limitations
The current limitation of the SSDI is that it contains information only for
those who died after 1962. To date, any information about people who died before
1962 has not been automated and are therefore, not indexed through the SSDI.
This is in spite of there having been information prior to 1962 since the Social
Security Administration has been created through an act of legislation in 1935.
Computerization started only in 1962 and as such, SSDI data prior to 1962 is
virtually non-existent and there currently have been no actions to pursue
updating the database.
The primary purpose of the SSDI was intended to help local governments,
companies and institutions like banks or insurance companies update their
records and perform the necessary actions on these deceased people’s accounts.
For instance, it is possible that families of deceased social security members
could falsify death information in order to claim death benefits or hide the
fact that a person is dead in order to continue enjoying retirement benefits.
Tracing Lineage
Further, SSDI information is also a requirement in securing important documents
like death records or obituaries. In recent years though, genealogists have
found valuable information in tracing family trees such as a person’s birth
parents and where they resided. This information in turn can help these
researchers move toward the next step in tracing lineage.
One important thing to remember though, is that the information entered into the
SSDI is only as truthful as the person was when he or she last updated the
information. Further, errors could stem from incorrect death information being
sent to the Social Security Administration. Other than these rare situations,
one is generally assured of the veracity of information found in Social Security
Death Index Records.
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